Topic:
Access to a lawyer
(Van Pelt, D-Chicago; Currie, D-Chicago) does three things. (1) Raises the age from 13 to 15 in which a lawyer is required to represent a minor during custodial interrogation in a homicide or sex-offense case; (2) expands current custodial interrogation videotape requirements to apply to all felonies and misdemeanor sex-offense cases for minors under the age of 18; and (3) sets out the specific wording for Miranda warnings for all minors under the age of 18.
Effective January 1, 2017.